Dmk Withdraws Support

• Pulling out of UPA has not changed anything for Tamils: DMK President M Karunanidhi

  DMK President M Karunanidhi on Thursday said pulling out of UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue has not changed anything for 'Eelam Tamils' though he insisted his party was not bothered about withdrawing support to the coalition.

• Rupee falls; political uncertainty weighs

  The rupee fell from the one-week highs it hit earlier in the session on growing concerns other key allies of the government would withdraw support from the ruling coalition after the withdrawal of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party last week.

• Rupee falls; political uncertainty weighs

  The rupee fell from the one-week highs hit earlier in the session on growing concerns that other key allies of the government would withdraw support from the ruling coalition after the withdrawal of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party last week.

• In protest, Alagiri skips crucial DMK meet

  MK Alagiri, the older son of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, has skipped a crucial meeting of the party being held in Chennai this morning to frame political strategy after it pulled out of the UPA government last week. Mr Alagiri, say sources, is still sulking about not being consulted on the decision to withdraw support, a move reportedly scripted by hi...

• DMK ally withdraws support to UPA

  After DMK, the lone MP of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Thirumaa Valavan Thol, today withdrew support to the Congress-led UPA over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

• DMK withdrawing support: History could turn full circle

  With DMK's withdrawal of from the UPA today, history could turn full circle 15 years after Congress pulled down the United Front coalition demanding withdrawal of DMK ministers from the government.

• DMK quits UPA over Sri Lanka, government moves on both its demands

  The DMK has pulled out of the Congress-led UPA coalition in protest against the government's position on a United Nations resolution on the bloody end to Sri Lanka's civil war with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Senior DMK leader TR Baalu met President Pranab Mukherjee tonight and handed over the letter withdrawing his party's support to the UPA.

• DMK threatens to withdraw from government over US resolution on Lankan 'war crimes'

  The DMK will keep a close eye on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha. This amid reports that the DMK's high level committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss India's stand on the US resolution against Sri Lanka at a United National Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ses...

• DMK pulls out of UPA govt, withdraws its 6 ministers

  Just a month ahead of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the seven-year-old Congress-DMK alliance is teetering with the DMK deciding to pull of the UPA government at the Centre, withdrawing its six cabinet ministers. At the core of this is the two parties' inability to agree on seat sharing in the state - the Congress wants to contest more seats than th...

• Congress gives guarded response to DMK pullout

  The DMK's decision to pull out of the UPA Government appears to have come as a bolt from the blue for the Congress, which still feels all is not lost and negotiations could continue.Party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi gave a guarded reaction on the development, keeping alive the hopes of a settlement on seat sharing even at this stage."There i...

• Centre makes peace with Karuna over Lanka row

  The Centre's fire-fighter External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has defused the Tamil crisis and made peace with Karunanidhi over the civil war in Sri Lanka. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M K Karunanidhi had threatened to withdraw the support of all 16 of his MPs to the central government. Mukherjee's unscheduled visit was precede...